John Cleese Quotes About Giving

Quotes about: Giving

• If you want creative workers, give them enough time to play.

  John Cleese

  Teamwork, Fun, Business

  "Best New Games" by Dale N. LeFevre, (p. 9), 2002.

• A man will give up almost anything except his suffering.

  John Cleese

  Giving Up, Men, Giving

• Ask yourself, "When does this decision have to be taken?" and having answered it, defer the decision until then, in order to give yourself maximum pondering time.

  John Cleese

  Taken, Order, Giving

• Give your mind as long as possible to come up with something original.

  John Cleese

  Long, Giving, Mind

• On movies, I like to involve the cast in the writing of the script. I like to have a rehearsal period, after which I do the last draft, which gives me a chance to incorporate anything the actors have come up with during the rehearsal period, so I'm very inclusive as a writer.

  John Cleese

  Writing, Giving, Actors

  Interview with Sam Adams, www.avclub.com. October 22, 2009.

• When you've only got few days of rehearsal before you're in the studio, it's wonderful to start off with people that you have good, friendly, tolerable relationships to start with, for the simple reason that you don't have to spend 24 hours figuring out how sensitive they are, and can you give them a line reading, or how do you have to give them direction.

  John Cleese

  Reading, Good Friend, Simple

  Source: www.avclub.com

• As Daniel Levitin writes, our brain is a "giant pattern detector." If we read something that coincides with what we already believe we're more likely to give it credence, while the opposite is not true.

  John Cleese

  Believe, Writing, Giving

  Source: bigthink.com

• Michael Palin decided to give up on his considerable comedy talents to make those dreadfully tedious travel shows. Have you ever tried to watch one?

  John Cleese

  Travel, Giving Up, Watches

• Filming is like a long air journey: there's so much hanging around and boredom that they keep giving you food.

  John Cleese

  Journey, Air, Long

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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